Money & Markets – Week of 12.13.15

Startups Are Making a Comeback in America
Bloomberg | 28 May 2015
Biggest increase in…

The Fed Just Raised Rates, Ending 7 Years of Crisis-era Monetary Policy
Business Insider | 16 December 2015
The wait is over…

Here’s How the Fed’s Rate Decision Affects Mortgages, Auto Loans, and Credit Cards
Business Insider | 14 December 2015
Variable spread…

Dow, DuPont Eye Big Tax Savings in Rare Merger of Equals
Reuters | 15 December 2015
Corporate America’s tax…

Something Strange Is Taking Place In The Middle Of The Atlantic Ocean
Zero Hedge | 16 December 2015
Happening off the coast of…

Dow, DuPont Eye Big Tax Savings in Rare Merger of Equals
Reuters | 15 December 2015
Corporate America’s tax…

SEC Approves Plan to Issue Stock Via Bitcoin’s Blockchain
Wired | 15 December 2015
Just one of several efforts to reinvent…

Roach Sees Commodity Headwinds as Miners `in Denial’ About China
Bloomberg | 15 December 2015
In denial that China…

Fracking No Longer Viable, Says Government Advisor
The Ferret | 14 December 2015
Fatally undermined…

Crude Falls Below $35 a Barrel for first Time Since 2009
RT | 14 December 2015
Global oil glut would…

China’s New Yuan Index: Here’s What the Market Needs to Know
Bloomberg | 14 December 2015
Market needs to know…

The Very First Cannabis Commodity Exchange Is About To Be Launched In New York
Hemp For Future | 31 October 2014
Building the…

Reinventing Banking: From Russia to Iceland to Ecuador
OED News | 12 December 2015
Responding to a shortage of US dollars…by…

Small Business Activity on the Rise in Majority of U.S. States, According to New Kauffman Foundation Research
Kauffman | 10 December 2015
Index’ provides first…

Chinese Devaluation is a Bigger Danger than Fed Rate Rises
Telegraph | 09 December 2015
Sends a wave of corrosive…

The End of Deep Coal Mining in Britain: ‘They’ve Knocked Us Down’
The Guardian | 05 December 2015
Carbon capture…

E-mails Reveal Concerns about Theranos’s FDA Compliance Date Back Years
Washington Post | 02 December 2015
Highest level of the military to squelch…